Besides, Yuan Manniang sent Lu Xu out of the house, and Layue clamored to go to the river to see her brother.

Lu Xu walked to the town for half an hour, and he had to wait for the boat, get on the boat, how could the boat pass through Lujia Village so quickly? It can be said that Yuan Manniang still packed some clothes and took Layue to the river to wash clothes.

Lu Zhou also wanted to go, but the relationship between the eldest brother and his sister finally got better, he, he still looks after the house!

Lu Zhou washed the pots and dishes, cleaned the kitchen and yard, and began to chop firewood.

He was young and had little strength, and he couldn't split thick trunks, so he could only fold and stack the branches that he had picked up and had not yet cleaned up. There was not much dry firewood, he had to pick it up, just thinking about it, Lu Zhou heard that Lu Rui was awake, so he skillfully urinated, washed his face, and fed Lu Rui.

But Lu Rui was not interested in the clear rice porridge, twisted his head, dodged the spoon, and lay on Lu Zhou's shoulder and stopped eating.

Lu Zhou saw that he really didn't want to eat, so he took him to the chicken pen to pick up eggs.

A few days ago, their family was short of money, and all the chickens and ducks they raised were sold, leaving only one hen that laid eggs. Lu Rui knew that the eggs were for him to eat, and he couldn't run steadily, so he dared to pick up the chicken before his feet landed. Afraid that he would be pecked, Lu Zhou scooped him into his arms and took the only egg from the hen's cooing.

Beat up, add water, and steam the eggs in the pot.

Lu Rui knew that Lu Zhou was going to cook food for him, to be honest, when Lu Zhou was lighting a fire, he was wandering in the open space of the kitchen, fell, turned his head to look at Lu Zhou, and saw that his brother didn't pay attention, so he got up and continued walking.

The eggs were steamed, and when Lu Zhou put soy sauce and sesame oil, Lu Rui had another opinion, and he instructed Lu Zhou to put more.

But Lu Zhou was unmoved, accurately controlled the amount, and only gave him a drop.

Lu Rui: "Ah......"

Lu Zhou coldly closed the lid.

Sesame oil is too expensive, you have to save some.

Lu Zhou took a spoon to crush a little egg custard and fed it to Lu Rui, Lu Rui protested not to eat, twisted his head and pointed to the can of sesame oil, "Ahhh

Lu Zhou: "It's already delicious, I'll eat it if you don't eat it." ”

Lu Rui: "......"

He pursed his lips and opened his mouth aggrieved.

If my sister and father are here, I will give him more. The second brother is the same as his mother, ruthless!

After feeding Lu Rui, Lu Zhou dug up all the broken custard that had been stained on the edge of the bowl and ate it before washing the dishes. Yuan Manniang and Layue hadn't come back yet, so he held Lu Rui and dragged the grass to feed the pigs and chickens.

When Layue came back, she said to him that her brother was sitting on a big boat and had to buy her candy, Lu Zhou was sour, and he regretted it a little, and he also wanted to see it.

Ay.

I don't know if my brother went to the county to sell snails.

Lu Zhou asked Yan Junqi worriedly.

Yan Junqi helped Lu Xu watch his younger siblings as promised, and when Wenzhen finished eating, he went to Lu's house to call Lu Zhou and Layue to the house and teach them to recite poems.

Wen Zhen was carrying Ai Ai, Layue was stumbling on his back, Lu Zhou silently memorized it, and followed Yan Junqi to learn to write on the ground.

He already knows how to write his own name and that of his family, as well as his place of origin.

After Wenzhen finished reciting it, she happily pulled Layue to play with the leaves, and Lu Zhou asked Yan Junqi if his brother would sell snails smoothly.

Yan Junqi didn't know either, but thinking about Lu Xu's performance in the town, he speculated: "Brother Xu is smart, there are more people in the county than in the town, and he will definitely be able to sell out." ”

Lu Zhou nodded.

He hasn't been to the county seat yet, he doesn't know what the county seat is like, and listening to Yan Junqi's description, it seems to be bigger than the two drinking horse towns. He thought silently in his heart, said goodbye to Yan Junqi, and told Layue not to run around, put the basket on his back, and took an empty cloth bag to mow the grass.

Lu Xu hummed an out-of-tune song and went around the last mountain, and saw his stupid brother mwing grass by the stream at the foot of the mountain alone.

It's a bit far from the village, and the children of the village don't usually come here.

What should I do if I am taken away by a wolf?

Lu Xu shouted loudly: "Lu Zhou! ”

The stupid brother heard the shout and turned around and looked at him, his eyes full of surprise, "Brother! ”

Their small facial paralysis can be so lively, Lu Xu is very rare, hey, forget it, children should be encouraged to educate. He rubbed Lu Zhou's little face, which didn't have much meat, "Why did you come here alone?" ”

"There are a lot of snails here."

Lu Xu saw that he still had a cloth bag tied around his waist, which was wet, and it already contained half a bag of snails.

"Don't pick it up, go, go home." Lu Xu untied the bag and threw it into a basket full of grass, and when he shook it, it was quite heavy! I don't know how Lu Zhou carried baskets of grass back before.

He and Lu Zhou switched baskets and carried the grass on their backs, "Don't pretend so much in the future, you won't grow after being so heavy for a long time, you know?" ”

Lu Zhou obediently responded, and ran to the back to help him hold the bottom of the basket, "Brother, is the county seat big?" ”

Lu Xu laughed, "It's not big, I'll take you shopping another day." ”

Lu Zhou shook his head.

He asked, the road was too far, he couldn't go that far, and it cost fifteen yuan to take a boat.

Lu Xu didn't know what he was thinking, and his mind was full of going home to share fruits.

"Wax Moon! See, do you know? Lu Xu unloaded the basket and took out a bag of mulberries from it first.

Layue, Xiaoman, and Shui Xiu took Lu Rui to play at the door of their house, and when they heard that the three little radish heads threw off their younger brothers and ran over, "Mulberries!" ”

Lu Xu gave them a bag and Lu Zhou a bag, "Take it and eat it, if you can't finish it and dry it, soak it in water and drink it later." ”

It was Lu Rui's turn, Lu Xu looked at the little brother who was holding his leg "ahhhh He stuffed the mulberries back into the basket and rubbed the few small hairs on Lu Rui's head, "Let's go play." ”

Lu Rui was shocked, Lu Rui was incredible, Lu Rui was aggrieved, and Lu Rui cried loudly.

When Yuan Manniang and the third grandmother heard the movement, they ran out and saw Lu Xu distributing candy to a few children. It's his sister anyway, and he can't be too stingy.

Lu Xu looked at the sugar residue on his fingertips, and wiped it to Lu Rui's mouth, "Don't cry, I don't know if you can eat it." ”

Lu Rui licks, sweet! He hadn't eaten the candy yet, and he was instantly captured by the sweetness, blinking his eyes in disbelief as he recalled the taste he had just licked.

It's not a delusion, it's real!

He grabbed Lu Xu's arm and looked into his hand and paper bag, and opened his mouth towards Lu Xu: "Ah! ”

Lu Xu saw that his eyelashes were still wet, and he opened his mouth like a chick to eat, speechless and funny, "You still want to eat candy with six teeth?" Call my brother, and I'll lick you again. ”

Lu Rui was anxious, "ahh

Yuan Manniang came over and hugged Lu Rui, "How can he call my brother, you can eat." ”

The third grandmother also came to ask Lu Xu about the situation in the county, and after the greetings, Lu Xu rested, and led Shui Xiu away. Sugar is not cheap, and the Lu family has just taken a turn for the better, and the water show is not good to eat and take here.

Xiaoman got candy and half a pocket of mulberries, and happily took Layue to her house to play.

After sending away the little radish head, Lu Xu poured a bowl of water, took out broken silver and change from the bottom of the basket and handed it to Yuan Manniang.

Yuan Manniang was teary-eyed, "When you have saved enough five taels, let's pay back your aunt first." ”

Lu Xu had no opinion: "Okay." ”

His aunt's family has not yet been separated, and it is also under a lot of pressure to be able to lend five taels to his family.

Lu Xu poured all the mulberries into a shallow small basket, then turned out the seaweed pressed underneath, and said excitedly: "I bought seaweed, let's make seaweed egg drop soup at night." ”

Yuan Manniang didn't know what seaweed egg drop soup was, Lu Xu wanted to make it, so she said, "I'll borrow two eggs in a while." ”

Lu Xu smacked his tongue silently, forgetting that their family was almost out of chickens. He filled up some mulberries, "I'll go find Junqi." ”

"Go ahead and play a little more." Yuan Manniang watched him go out with pity, and Lu Xu suspected that in her eyes, he was about the same age as Lu Zhou.

He shook his head, took out the rabbit pen from his arms and slipped to Yan Junqi's window.

Yan Junqi was silently writing, the window was opened from the outside, and a new brush was stuffed in through the crack.

"Brother Xu?"

Lu Xu leaned his face to the crack in the window, smiled at him, and raised the mulberry in his hand, "Wait for me for a while." ”

Yan Junqi put down the pen and walked out of the study quickly, and Lu Xu had already slipped out of his house.

"Mulberry, do you want to eat it?"

Yan Junqi washed the mulberries and brought them into the study, and the two of them told him about copying the book while eating Lu Xu, "I think your writing is very good, but the pen is bald and the pen is less elegant, you use the new pen to write more, pick up the good ones and give me two sheets, and I will show them to the bookstore." ”

Yan Junqi held the rabbit pen and said movingly: "Okay." ”

He asked again, "How much is Brother Xu?" ”

Lu Xu didn't care much and said: "I don't have much money, you use it first, and then you can pay me back when you have money in the future." If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and you have to invest in everything first, you know? ”

Yan Jun smiled in unison.

He clapped his hands and stood up, "Then you can practice calligraphy, and I'll go home and cook." ”

When he went home, Yuan Manniang not only borrowed eggs, but also brought back a bowl of hot steamed buns that had just come out of the pot from the third grandmother's house.

Chapter 13: Getting into trouble

Eating white flour steamed buns and drinking seaweed egg drop soup, Lu Xu felt that his life was complete.

His younger siblings also ate with round bellies.

The only fly in the ointment is that Yuan Manniang still eats her sour steamed buns.

The third grandmother gave that bowl, which was not enough to eat.

White flour is still a rarity. Even if they are a wheat producer, none of them are willing to eat a meal. If the conditions are good, the white flour is mixed with mixed noodles, and if the conditions are not good, the wheat is sold and eaten with multigrain beans.

The third grandmother's family steamed a pot of white-flour steamed buns because of her birthday today.

Lu Xu thought about it, waited for the snail to fry out of the pot, and brought a bowl to the third grandmother's house.

The third grandmother was embarrassed, and excused herself again and again, "Shui Xiu eats snails and sugar at your house, and this has to be sold for money, so take it back quickly." ”

Lu Xu made a detour and gave the bowl to her youngest grandson Lu Shanfeng, "They are all relatives, Shui Xiu, they all call me brother, right, Shanfeng, take it." ”

The mountain peak ran away with the bowl.

Seeing that the old lady was about to arrest her grandson, Lu Xu hurriedly stopped the person, "Third grandma, I have something serious to tell you." ”

Seeing that the mountain peak went into the house, Lu Xu really wanted to give it, and the third grandmother also rested. I can't understand much about the accounts between relatives, she just helps Yuan Manniang more on weekdays, and the third grandmother asked kindly, "Xu Wazi, what do you say?" ”

Lu Xu smiled shyly and asked, "Do you sell your steamed buns?" ”